GlobalWise ECM Software Intellivue(TM) Named #1 at Prestigious Managed Printer Conference by "The Week in Imaging"

COLUMBUS, OH -- (Marketwire) -- 07/09/12 -- GlobalWise Investments, Inc. (OTCBB: GWIV) (OTCQB: GWIV) (the "Company") (www.GlobalWiseInvestments.com) and its wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, Inc., a leading-edge technology company focused on the design, implementation and management of cloud-based Enterprise Content Management ("ECM") systems in both the public and private sectors, today announce the Company's Intellivue ECM software was named the number one ECM solution at the recent Global Transform 2012 conference by "The Week in Imaging."

"The Week in Imaging" (www.theweekinimaging.com) is an online, interactive one-stop news and information source that targets anyone who sells imaging solutions, including independent dealers, VARs, sales and service personnel in manufacturer direct branches as well as hardware manufacturers and solutions and service providers. Global Transform 2012 is a managed print service (MPS) industry conference for providers, partners and IT decision makers in the copier and printer industry.

The online article (www.theweekinimaging.com/author/theweek/page/8/) posted by Art Post on the "The Week in Imaging" Web page and titled "Top 7 Solutions at Photizo's Transform Conference: Intellivue Cost-Per-Page Billing for Document Management Services @ #1" provides a great overview of the Intellivue cloud based document management software and how it can create a new revenue model for the copier and printer dealer industry. The number one ranking by such a prestigious industry resource is a great validator of the power of a cloud delivered software from GlobalWise.

"I am very proud of our team and how well received the Intellivue software was at the Transform Conference," commented William J. "BJ" Santiago, CEO of GlobalWise. "We shared a booth with MWA Intelligence, a new GlobalWise Channel Partner recently announced, and to be recognized as the #1 solution at the show by our industry peers at 'The Week in Imaging' is a fantastic win. Copier and printer dealers traditionally derive their income from leasing of hardware and charging for every page printed. Scanning and retrieval of documents was done at no cost to the client, but with little functionality. By integrating the Intellivue software into the imaging hardware, copier dealers can instantly expand their service portfolio with an additional value-added offering, creating a new revenue stream."

"The power of this solution is that there is no upfront cost," author Art Post stated in the recently published article. "I see Intellivue as a tremendous value for the SMB customer. For too long the SMB customer has shied away from content management due to the upfront cost, the training, the IT infrastructure and the thought that they would have to dedicate an employee to operate the software. With this SaaS solution, a company can realize an immediate return on investment from the first month Intellivue is deployed."

About GlobalWise Investments, Inc.

GlobalWise Investments, Inc., via its wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, Inc., is a Columbus, Ohio based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) pioneer with industry-leading software that delivers cloud ECM based solutions on-demand. The Company's flagship platform, Intellivue, represents a new industry benchmark and game-changing solution by enabling clients to access and manage the content of every scanned document, file, spreadsheet, email, photo, audio file or video tape -- virtually anything that can be digitized -- in their enterprise from any PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone from anywhere in the world.

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